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RT @GeorgeMonbiot: The longest sentence handed down to a violent racist rioter this week is shorter than the sentences imposed on entirely….

RT @NadiaWhittomeMP: Let’s not be classist/ableist when condemning far-right riots. Racism isn’t a “working class trait”. It’s woven into….

7 August 1712 ► The Weekly Courant was first published on Bridlesmith Gate in #Nottingham, by William and Anne Ayscough. Later title changes included Nottingham Weekly Courant, Ayscough's Nottingham Courant and Nottingham Journal. #NottinghamHistory

A shout out to all those who have had to replace their shellac 78s for vinyls, their vinyls for tape cassettes, their tapes for CDs, their CDs for MP3s and their MP3s for subscription services. Now we have cellars, attics, garages and cupboards full of useless technology….

Alpha males…

6 August 1868 ► #Nottingham philanthropist and abolitionist Samuel Fox died aged 86. Fox supplied burials for cholera victims, food for people starving and helped start the first free school in Britain for poor adults. #NottinghamHistory

RT @NadiaWhittomeMP: “Swarms”.“Invasion”.“Hurricane”. For years, rightwing politicians and sections of the media have scapegoated migrants….

“Unlike the stomach, the brain doesn’t alert you when it’s empty.” ~ Arabic proverb.

RT @Humanists_UK: The surge in far-right demonstrations and racist violence across our country, targeting Muslims, asylum seekers, and othe….

RT @NadiaWhittomeMP: Solidarity with all Muslims, migrants, refugees and people of colour affected by the current violence. We must not on….

5 August 1922► #Nottingham’s Valley Road, Basford, was opened. #NottinghamHistory

5 August 1905 ► Whitehall's tenement factory, on Wollaton Street, #Nottingham, was destroyed by fire. #NottinghamHistory

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Our old family photos seem to indicate that we were always cat people…

4 August 1937 ► #Nottingham’s Tom ‘Torpedo’ Blower swam the English Channel in 13 hours 29 minutes and 24.1 seconds. #NottinghamHistory

The umbrella was originally going to be called the brella, but the inventor hesitated. And now we just have to put up with it.

4 August 1877 ► Dame Laura Knight, world famous for her vivid paintings of circuses, fairgrounds and the ballet, was born in Long Eaton near #Nottingham and brought up in the city. #NottinghamHistory

4 August 1634 ► King Charles I made his first visit to #Nottingham. #NottinghamHistory